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Discussion on: Massive Layoffs of Manual Testers?" πŸ’ΌπŸ”

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Fyodor

I don’t think so. Many companies, startups especially, just have no time for proper automation. So experienced manual testing engineers are always needed. The problem is usually it’s more efficient to hire an automation engineer and give them this work with parallel work on gradual automation coverage.

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Grzegorz Piechnik

Absolutely, your points are spot on! Experienced manual testers are invaluable for their nuanced understanding of user experiences!